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[AAShooter]

Things start getting serious when you are in double digits.

[AAShooter]

Yes, the Ambi drill is wicked fast and its by far my weakest drill. The best I've ever shot it is -10

Don't be the least bit disappointing if you shoot -200. My theory (without much evidence) is that someone who is on the edge of DG for Advanced Handgun skills test will shoot near-ish -225. Someone that consistently DGs it will be in the 150-175 range.

The staff likely won't even mention anything about having a red dot. Other students aren't likely to care much either other then to warn you that you are disqualified.

Hmmm, advice...
No wasted motions
An explosive presentation gives more time for accuracy
Do not look for your past shots
Do not sweat dropping shots
Concentrate on making the next shot, not your performance on previous shots

Focus on 1 shot at a time. Get your hits, speed will come.

[waveslayer]

Focus on 1 shot at a time. Get your hits, speed will come.

Smooth is fast

My wife thinks I only have 3 guns

[mej16489]

Excellent advice. Also thank you for your theories on the breakdowns of shooters and what to expect. New goal... 150

I'm glad to hear that others struggle with that Ambi too! I have never shot it, but even dry firing it, I can't come close. Practice Practice!

Any chance you will be there on April 2-5?

I just signed up for 2 day on the 4th-5th. Unfortunately, I just had to cancel my trip to Master Prep this week...grrrr

[CaptainDidactic]

Thanks Guys for chiming in!

I will be there under the alias Mad Dog. Please approach me and introduce yourselves!

Michael

[Jedi54]

Holy crap, that was COLD!

[DSMeyer]

Holy crap, that was COLD!

No kidding. Lynwood exit in Barstow isn’t any better.
Didn’t do too bad, shot 18 down in that crazy wind on the precision rifle range.
No DG’s and only 3 graduates. Missed graduate by 5

[damon1272]

Tomorrow is supposed to be colder. Not looking forward to it. Hoping to DG on my skill builder course tomorrow but we shall see. Already doing a ton better than in my last 4 day.

[DRM6000]

For the HCMP students, how much does ammo selection matter?

[Royal_Cake]

For the HCMP students, how much does ammo selection matter?

[CaptainDidactic]

For the HCMP students, how much does ammo selection matter?

I agree that ammo selection doesn't make that much difference. Your gun may prefer one ammo over another. The only way to tell is to shoot different ammo side by side.

I tend to get my best groups shooting Fiocchi or Magtech in 9mm. Blazer brass and Speer Lawman tend to be a bit more erratic. I find American Eagle to be a bit dirty.

But the above is just an opinion. your shots may vary!

[LV_G22]

For the HCMP students, how much does ammo selection matter?

Of all of the things to concern yourself with for passing the HCM test, ammo selection is close to irrelevant....

[chestnut250]

Interesting about S&B. I just went through 600 rounds last week with zero issues. What type of pistol were you using?

Well, we went back for another 4DDHG this past weekend (16th-19th, range 9 then range 36). I ran almost exclusively the S&B 124gr. through my Sig P229 Enhance Elite and did not have any issues. My wife was running her G19 and my son my G17 and were mixing between Aguila and CCI (Lawman), all 124 gr. without issues.

I'm starting to think we may have just had a bad lot of the S&B stuff. One thing that set me off of the S&B was after my wife had those multiple FTF's, the instructor picked up at least 4 of them and was showing her the primer strikes on the FTF rounds and told her "Try not to use S&B, they aren't good ammunition". I was burning up the last 1k rounds I had this past weekend but without any issues my opinion is kind of on the wall with S&B. I could possibly had been the victim of a bad lot?

[cxr]

Brrr. Gonna be cold next weekend where can I find some last minute not too expensive shooting gloves?

[chestnut250]

So we were there with a group of friends from the 16th-19th for another 4DDHG course. So much fun as usual! Started on range 9 then moved to 36 for the last two days.

My goal this trip was to get graduate. Last time out I ended with a 75 so I would have been very happy with a graduate. After the shooting I was down 14 points on the target. Everything felt great timewise and my malfunctions went very well and very fast. When we got our final scores I was both ecstatic and disappointed all at one. Turns out I did not lose a single point for time, procedural, or malfunctions! My final score was the same as on the target... 14. 1 POINT AWAY FROM DG! UGH! Our awesome instructor, Miles, told me "You did outstanding. No points other than misses on paper. If you would have just slowed down on the headshot and rather than beat the buzzer, just taken the 3 point time but ENSURE hitting the ocular... you would have finished with a 12. Better luck next time!". So yes, very happy with the graduate, but a little disappointed to find just how close (1 point) from a DG I was. Oh well, I should get it next time if I keep practicing and improving. Heck, going from 75 to 14 from November to February is pretty good in my opinion!

On another good note, my son on his first trip scored 28! Way to go, Seth! Time to sign up for more classes! Also, next time I'm just going to buy my ammo at the bunker. Almost comparable prices to online and it would be so much more convenient!